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    01/23/2020 | AD4E

    Enjoyed about half-a-dozen QSO's on 40 meters with the classic Drake 2-NT/2-C novice station running 75 watts DC input with half-wave dipole. c u next year, 73, steve in Tallahassee, FL, AD4E Read More

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    01/22/2020 | WB2SIH/R

     The weather had an impact on my rover operation. I made the best of it and had fun doing it. Operated from my number 1 and number 2 hilltop in Lake George NY (FN33)and then ventured to Hogback Mountain in Southern Vermont(FN32). Conditions avarage to ... Read More

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    01/22/2020 | KL7VHF

    First time around using the new club call: KL7VHF, for the Alaska VHF-Up Group. Temperatures in Alaska were chilly at around -10 in the morning, getting up to about +5 in the afternoon. We made a big club effort to get stations on the air. Alaska has a... Read More

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    01/21/2020 | N6NB

    This is about roving in the January, 2020 VHF Contest, but it's really about more than that.  The FCC is proposing to abolish our 3.4 GHz band and severely limit amateur radio access to 5.7 GHz.

    This will affect amateurs, including me, A LOT.  Over the... Read More

  • 01/21/2020 | NF1O

      Straight Key Night 2020 NF1O   At Nearfest I was given a Key for my collection by Dave K1KA. He was handling the equip from Glen Whitehouse, K1GW of Cushcraft fame. This was Glens Key. It was a very unusual key that had one s crew to adjust both the ... Read More

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    01/20/2020 | KM4KMU

     Thanks go to:  K2EZ/R, K1TEO, N2NT, KM4OZH/R, KC5JSR/R (a trucker), N3NGE, Terry W8ZN and the several hundred Hams who got onto FM in Va, Md, Pa and WVa. KM4KMU FM Only FM08XW Freezeland Road at 2400 ft ASL 50MHz 33 Q's 7 Grids 144 MHz 97 Q's 9 Grids ... Read More

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    01/20/2020 | K5ND/R

    The rainy weather over the previous week cleared for a sunny but cold weekend. My roving operation was beset with a number of challenges, which is a typical experience. But I managed to activate 11 grids in North Texas and Southern Oklahoma, put 119 QS... Read More

  • 01/20/2020 | K2DRH

      One contact with my XYL Fran N2KMA on 2M HTs inside our house.  About the only working VHF antennas I have that are not encased in at least a 1/4 inch of radial ice and under approximately 5:1 SWR.   Could actually do it on 4 bands and quadruple the ... Read More

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